A driver whose pickup truck slammed into a limousine in Long Island wine country, killing four young women, admitted to drinking beer before the accident.

Steve Romeo told police that he left work around noon on Tuesday, and went home to do some work around the house while having a few beers.

Later that afternoon, he was driving when his car hit a limousine carrying a group of women who had been friends since high school.

He is currently being held on $500,000 cash or $1million bond after pleading not guilty at his hospital arraignment.

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New details: Steve Romeo (left) told police he had drank beer before he his car crashed into a limousine on Saturday afternoon as he and his lawyer Dan O'Brien (right) entered a not guilty plea in a fatal car crash

Horror: The crash killed four young women who had all been friends since high school and left the other four and driver with serious injuries

Remembering: At a press conference Monday Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota (above) expressed how sad he was about what happened to these women

Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota spoke to the press on Monday about the awful accident, and expressing his remorse about what happened to the four women who died, and the four who survived the crash and are now dealing with serious injuries.

'They knew they would be consuming some alcohol and, because they wanted to act responsibly, they did not choose to drive. They chose to hire the limo,' ABC News reports that Spota said of the women, who were returning from an afternoon at a winery.

Spota was asked at the briefing if Romeo had said how many beers he had consumed before driving on Saturday, but would not comment.

A young bride-to-be was among the survivors. All were taken to Stony Brook University Hospital hospital. The limo driver, Carlos Pino, 58, of Bethpage, was also taken to hospital with injuries.

The women were celebrating a birthday party.

No results have been published yet regarding Romeo's blood alcohol level at the time of the accident.

Survivors: Olga Lipets (left) and Alicia Arundel were among those injured in the crash on Route 48

Victim: Joelle DiMonte (left) was traveling with seven other friends when Romeo's vehicle collided with their limousine

An extended cab truck T-boned the limo, which was carrying seven women, around 5pm on Saturday

A law enforcement official said the accident happened on Saturday when Romeo's pickup T-boned the limo along Route 48 in Cutchogue on Long Island's North Fork.

The limo was leaving a winery called Vineyard 48 and making a U-turn at a blinking traffic signal to head west when the red truck collided with it at around 5pm, Southold Police Chief Martin Flatley told Newsday.

'He [the pickup driver] hit the brakes right before and he broadsided the limo right on the passenger side,' he said.

'This is one of the worst accidents I've ever seen,' he added.

Before the names of the women were released details of Romeo's checkered work history were revealed.

In January 2014, Romeo, who is the co-owner of Romeo Dimon Marine Services was operating a skid steer loader when a bucket fell off the truck and killed 30-year-old Andrew Leone after striking him in the head.

Leone was not wearing a hard hat inside the boating firm's warehouse and suffered 'severe head trauma'.

Police ruled that incident a tragic accident and Romeo and his business partner Kris Dimon were fined $28,000 for four 'serious' safety violations according to the Suffolk Times.

At the time, Dimon said: 'It was a tragic accident; that's all I can say. And my business or personal life will never be the same because of it.'

Romeo and Dimon are still currently facing a lawsuit regarding Leone's death.